Genetic diversity among strains of the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria ssp.as revealed by RAPD markers

Abstract: The genetic relatedness of Beauveria isolates collected from Morocco soil at differentgeographic origin was determined by comparison of the products of polymerase chain reactionamplification of genomic DNA with single arbitrary sequence oligonucleotide primers.Beauveria isolates have a high genetic variability and they were clearly distinguished fromreferences isolates including B. bassiana and B. brongniartii. RAPD banding patterns did not,however, revealed a potential relatedness with geographical origin.